Aspen Storage, Inc. v. Lawrence County

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In Aspen Storage, Inc. v. Flanagan (Aspen I), 2005 SD 107, ¶10, 705 N.W.2d 863, 866, we affirmed the circuit court’s judgment voiding a tax deed because a county official obtained it in violation of SDCL 6-1-1. However, while the appeal was pending, the county official acquired a quit claim deed from the owner of the same property. In a second suit, the circuit court voided the quit claim deed as another violation of SDCL 6-1-1. We affirm.

Background

[¶ 2.] On August 9, 1989, Lawrence County quit claimed to Craig Hayes the following described real property located in…